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For Frank Miller fans out there, it wouldn’t be too difficult to guess that this entry would be about his graphic novel, 300, which soon evolved into a movie.
I watched the last full-show of 300 just the other night (last full-shows are best, don’t you think?) & it was amazing 
all throughout! The movie had perfect CG-rendered sceneries & yes, it was composed of a hoard of Spartans with ripped, washboard abs 
. The retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae was justified by the depiction of 300. I would even go further & say that Frank Miller’s work probably made King Leonidas turn in his grave & smile a smile of victory.
I mean, come on, do you think King Leonidas would have been pleased with Jacques-Louis’ rendering of him surrounded by a bunch of wreath-throwing sissies (and he, more or less, looking like the king of sissies himself) 
(No offense to fine arts lovers 
)?
The Battle of Thermopylae probably wasn’t fought like it was depicted in the movie (and was that an awesome battle or what?! Think Lord of the Rings except with only a handful of supersoldiers defending a pass). The 300 isn’t a historical drama about Thermopylae. It’s a dramatization of a somewhat exaggerated storyteller’s tale, which aims to make the good guys look more noble, the bad guys more evil, & the odds worse so that the underdogs win a glorious battle. But I like to think, it’s close to accurate .
It’s a fact that a small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After three days of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans & 700 Thespian volunteers.
If I was on a quest to build the ultimate bookshelf, Frank Miller’s 300 would be in it.
So, you might have gathered by now that I like them chest-thumping speeches & action-packed battles. But most of all, I like comic book art .
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BunnY
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Hia Aileen 
loL I don’t know what u are talking about in this blog Anyways, yeah, you’re right I should have checked my head by a doctor.. I haven’t.. and I won’t I think. Because if I go to the doctor I would have to stay in my bed for 1 month or something. loL I’m soooo insane really. Because I have a concussion, I have a totally bad cold, and I have a very high temperature and I go to school though.. And today is the opening of a huge new shopping mall, there I go too 
and tomorrow, and on friday and on saturday as well, omg. I’m really insane -.- I hope you’re okay Aileen?!
Take care
Bex
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I really can’t wait to see 300. It looks so good! I love the chest-thumping speeches and action packed battles too 
Thank you for the lovely compliment on Lydia too. She is the cutest girl in the world, but I’m slightly biased, heheh. I adore this layout btw! I want to make a new layout too, but I seem to have forgotten how to make websites! 
Himani
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Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 3:43 am
Haha, I just checked my website to see you visited me too. We’re obviously on the same wavelength.
Anywho-dly, I did a post on 300 too. The net-picky part of my personality kinda whined about how they depicted the Persians (while neat, it was 99% inaccurate), and at times it was a total guy fest of testestrones (I could check the spelling for that, but I’m feeling lazy today).
But, it had awesome CGI, awesome fight scenes, and whenever I found the “mine’s bigger than yours” talk a little over the top, I just looked at those nice physiques and all was happy again.
Plus, the soundtrack was AWESOME. I want to buy the CD now. 
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